<figure class="wp-block-audio"><audio controls src="https://artstories.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Maria-Lassnig-You-or-Me.mp3"></audio><figcaption>This 85-year-old woman is not happy, and I know exactly how she feels.</figcaption></figure>



<p>This nude self-portrait by the twentieth-century painter Maria Lassnig, painted in glowing colors, captures a moment of desperation in the artist&#8217;s life. In this episode I explore what the artist was thinking when she made this painting and why it meant so much to me.</p>

Lisa Yuskavage – Northview, 2000

Stories about great paintings by contemporary women artists. Each episode features a single extraordinary painting and describes what the painting is about and why it’s so interesting.